Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-21
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD
FURTHER PARTICULARS or THE
BUFFALO HOLOCAUST.

but Believed to be Less Than at First Re
ported--List Of the Dead and Injured, So
Far As Learned-Graphic Descriptions.
BUFFALO, N. ", March III. Little can be
added to that already known Of the result Of
the disastrous Richmond hotel fire. To the
question Of How many are killedf only an
indefinite reply can be made. The number
actually known to be dead and missing is
nine, but ten more of the survivors now
lodged at the hospitals and at their homes
must be looked upon as precarious, and time
only will decide whether they are to be mum
bered with the living or the dead.
The surviving victims, whose names follow
inthe hospital list, are more or less Frustrated
by the shock of the disaster, from which some
will rally who have vigorous constitutions
But could one see the sufferers swathed in
lint and cotton bandages, moaning with the
intense agony of their scorched and calcined
flesh, he would number the horrors of the fire
at a greater total than the death list. Every
one who was burned by the intense heat, il
his skin was not actually licked By the flames
has suffered by exposure to the air after the
burning. Before the physicians could dress
the wounds they had begun to swell and
blister, and in all cases supparation is feared
while in many it IS inevitable Some will
lose the flesh from their hands and feet, and
pmputation win be unavoidable. IfpyRmis
does not ensue it will be miraculous.
The critical condition of many victims is
therefore alarming and despite the most care
full nursing and painstaking surgical attend
ance several of the hospital patients, it is
feared, viii die. At present writing it is i'm
possible to guage the fatality of the holo.
caust but If no more than twenty it can be
hardly less than twelve.
The following are the known dead:
Wilson Purcell, resident broker, formerly
with r. G. Dun & Company, was killed by
jumping; belongs in Canada
Kate Wolfe, servant at the Richmond,
was found In the ruins Of the frame structure
destroyed.
Henry B. Rumsey, Of New York, died at
40 o'clock at the Fifth Avenue hospital He
was terribly burned, his body being blistered
from head to foot He would have ESCAPED
with slight injuries had he not gone back to
save little Jennie Mann.
The list of missing, who are believed tx
have persisted are as follows:
Mark B. Osborne, day clerk at the Rich
mond He is supposed to have persisted while
ON the upper floors
Katie Kent, servant
Mary WEIGH, a servant. Her cousin, now
at the general hospital, says she saw, Mary
jump, and that was all.
j. b. Becker, Delaware, Lackawanna g.
Western railroad official, of Scranton He
was expected to arrive in this city on Thurs
day. Mail was received for him at the Rich
mond, where he was to stop. IL is not known
whether he registered there Or not. A tele-
gram to his home at Scranton elected the in.
formation that he was not there He may
possibly have not reached the city. Other
wise he cannot be accounted for.
Minnie Kelly, a servant Inquiries at diff
ferent places in the city have been made in
regard to her, but without avail, She prob
ably is lost.
Mr.. johnson, of Toronto, railroad man
was reported as missing, but his name was
removed from the list, as there was some
doubt of his being in the hotel. 1t is now be-
leved he was there,
Joseph Sayre Of Erie Pa: j. G. Pratt, of
Albany The last named was known to have
been at the Richmond, and has noe been
heard from since the fire.
The following are those at the hospitals
and their condition:
At the Sisters hospital: Mary Nolan, serv-
ant, badly burned about face, feet, hands
and one leg and portion of the other, and
hair burned to scalp Very critical
Maggie Mulrach, servant, face, neck and
breast burned, arms scorched from shoulder
to finger tips, legs burned from knees to
soles of feet. A serious case II
Fanny Harvey, servant, burned about
face, hands and feet. Not serious as other
two, but very painful.
g. f. Michaels, commercial traveller for
wholesale furniture house in New York.
Ankle sprained and bad confusion Of back